Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting nbdfuse package, versions <0:1.2.2-1.module+el8.4.0+20319+6eb4347c


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-NBDFUSE-2602122
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed26 May 2021

Introduced: 26 May 2021

CVE-2021-3527  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 nbdfuse to version 0:1.2.2-1.module+el8.4.0+20319+6eb4347c or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-9568.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nbdfuse package and not the nbdfuse package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the USB redirector device (usb-redir) of QEMU. Small USB packets are combined into a single, large transfer request, to reduce the overhead and improve performance. The combined size of the bulk transfer is used to dynamically allocate a variable length array (VLA) on the stack without proper validation. Since the total size is not bounded, a malicious guest could use this flaw to influence the array length and cause the QEMU process to perform an excessive allocation on the stack, resulting in a denial of service.

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